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How much of Earth's atmosphere must we contaminate? How much of our lands and waters must we pollute? How much of our resources must we plunder, deplete? How many species must we ravage, despoil, extinguish? How many people must we degrade, deprive, destroy with toxic wastes and wars, before we learn to respect one another, to live in harmony on this planet, our Home?
"All living beings are brothers and sisters, nourished from the same source of life.." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

About Me

I was born in Eastern Europe during the height of the
Stalinist regime's reign of terror. Thus, I know what it is like to live under a repressive, dictatorial regime. The fear and terror -- as dissident friends and family members were tortured, imprisoned and some were executed -- is indelibly etched in my memory. That is the reason I have always been an ardent advocate of freedom, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and a voice of peace. The way I see it, war is morally wrong, regardless of who wages it, for whatever reason. No piece of land or commodity is worth the sacrifice of one human life. We are all members of the same race - the "human race" - and must learn to coexist peacefully. Our planet cannot sustain us much longer if we do not stop our wars, nukes, polluting, deforestation, and the wasteful, gluttonous consumption and depletion of our natural resources.

âA satisfyingly virulent, comical, absurd, deeply grieving true portrait of how things work today in the sleek factories of conglomerate book producers... A skillful novel of manners -- of very bad mannersâ

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Ontario Health Coalition: Holiday Medicare Appeal

Canadian Public Medicare is a living embodiment of our spirit of community, compassion, and equality. This holiday, help save public medicare and give a gift that shares those values.

There has never been so important a time to stand up and support our Public Health System. Never, since the inception of Medicare, has the fight against it by the multinational insurance and health privatization industries been so huge. And never has the movement to protect and extend the public system been stronger.

We have successfully stopped Ontario's private clinics and have won the re-funding of the health system. We are pushing back on the privatization of the hospitals. We are working with our national partners to win federal policy that will stop two tier health care. We are known internationally for our successes in rolling back privatization. Thousands of Ontarians working to Save Public Medicare are on the move.This holiday season, would you consider giving a donation in the name of a friend or relative to the Ontario Health Coalition's campaign to Save Public Medicare? Not only is this a warm gesture to give a gift to give in someone's name, it makes a major difference for the health coalition. You see, we function from donations. Political advocacy organizations such as ours are not eligible for government funding, and there are virtually no foundations in Canada that fund our type of work. We will not seek corporate funding for ethical reasons. So we rely on your generosity. And we make the most of what we have.

If you give a gift of a donation in the name of your friend or relative, within a week Ontario Health Coalition will send them a beautiful gift card with an acknowledgement of the donation you have given in their name. We will send a receipt and confirmation to you.

If you prefer to give the gift card and acknowledgement directly to your gift-recipient yourself, please indicate that below and we will send them to you.Please fill in your contact information here:Your name:Telephone:Address:Postal Code:Fax:Email:Amount of donation (circle one): $20 $50 $100 $200 $500 other________

_____ check here only if you would like us to send the gift card and acknowledgment directly to you to give to your gift-recipient yourself. If you would like us to send the gift card and acknowledgement to your gift-recipient directly, please fill in the information below: